Bicycle-support.



No. 656.l29. Patented Aug. [4, I900. 0. WESTON.

BICYCLE SUPPORT.

(Application filed June 3, 1898.)

(No Model.)

" NITED STATES ATnN'r OLIVER WESTON, OF MONTREAL, CANADA, ASSIGNOROF'ONE-HALF TO JAMES COLEMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 656,129, dated August14, 1900.

Application filed Tune 3, 1898. Serial No. 682,480- N mOdQL) TowZZ whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER WESTON, of the city of Montreal, Province ofQuebec,Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBicycle-Supports; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a bicycle-support that can beattached to and carried by the bicycle and that will be effect ive innot only maintaining the bicycle in a vertical position, but will alsoeffectively prevent it rolling after the support has been ad justed toperform its function.

The invention may be said, briefly, to consist in pivotally connecting atripod-bracket at the axis of the front wheel of the bicycle bya rigidconnection, preferably in the form of a fork adapted to straddle saidwheel, while the support thus constructed is held in its position out ofcontact with the ground, preferably, by means of a spring-latch takingthrough the front fork of the bicycle and into one of the prongs of thefork of my improved support. For full comprehension, however, of theinvention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings, in whichlike symbols indicate the same parts, and wherein- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the front portion of a bicycle illustrating my inventionapplied thereto; Fig. 2,-a front view thereof; Fig. 3, a detailperspective View illustrating the support in use; and Fig. 4:, a detailtransverse sectional view of the front fork of the bicycle, illustratingthe spring-latch and the tripod-bracket in plan view.

My improved support consists, preferably, of a forked section 5,fulcrumed at the free end of its prongs to the axle 7 of the frontWheel, while the other end of the fork has preferably castin onetherewith a longitudinally and a pair of transversely extending legs 8and 9 9, respectively, each having its end offset and provided with aknob 10.

The portion of the support between the transversely-extending legs 9 9is cut away, thereby leaving but a narrow connectingpiece 12 andenabling the support to partially inclose the front fork of the bicycle,which is bored transversely thereof, as at 13, and receives a coiledspring 14 and a bolt 15, actuated thereby and adapted to take into aperforation in one of the prongs of the support, these parts being heldin place by a screw-threaded plug 16, taking into one end of the boring,and the bolt is adapted to be pushed back against the spring by means ofa projection 18, carried thereby and projecting through aslot 19 in thefork of the bicycle.

It is obvious that by pushing back the bolt 15 the support Will bereleased and allowed to drop to the position shown in Fig. 3, in whichposition it will effectively prevent the bicycle falling to either sideor rolling away from the place in which it may be set, a handle 20 beingprovided to facilitate the returning of the support to the positionshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Many changes may be made in the precise construction illustrated anddescribed herein Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is as follows:

A solid portable bicycle-support having a pair of legs oblong incross-section and pivoted at their extreme ends to the axle of the frontWheel of the bicycle and adapted when the support is not in use to fitagainst and brace the sides of the front of the bicycle, the oppositeends of said legs being connected by a flat U-shaped portion, extendingat right angles to said legs and adapted to incase three sides of thecrown of the fork of the bicycle, a spring device carried by the frontfork of the bicycle to engage said support and maintain same out ofcontact with the ground substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

OLIVER WVESTON.

Witnesses:

JAMES COLEMAN, WILLIAM P. MCFEAT.

